TREASURING THE PAST: MEETING JERRY WILKINSON WAS ONE FOR THE HISTORY BOOKS
History can be complicated, and historians can be complicated, too. However, the more you invest in history and historians, the more you understand how the past shapes...
HUMOR: TOP 10 NAMES & LOGOS FOR THE GIANT SARGASSUM BELT
As the Florida Keys and other gulf regions of Florida await the 13 million tons of seaweed (or sargassum — see page 4) to wash ashore, many...
LADY CONCHS LACROSSE DOMINATES SENIOR NIGHT
In a showdown Key West girls lacrosse coach Marisa Giacopuzzi called “a night to remember,” the Lady Conchs squared off against Archbishop McCarthy on March 14, outscoring...
MARATHON’S ALLISON GARCIA PITCHES NO HITTER & KEY WEST GOES UNDEFEATED IN ORANGE BOWL...
Whether it’s baseball or softball, Marathon High School pitchers have sent a clear message to opponents in 2023: Don’t challenge them on the mound.
The Dolphins traveled to...
KEYS SPORTS SCORES & SCHEDULES (MARCH 23)
THE SCOREBOARD
TeamSportOpponentDateResultCoral ShoresSoftballLaSalle3/13W, 10-5Coral ShoresBoys LacrosseCoral Reef3/14L. 8-6Key WestGirls LacrosseArchbishop McCarthy3/14W, 17-5MarathonBaseballRansom3/14L, 0-4Key WestBoys LacrosseRansom3/14L, 16-2MarathonSoftballColonial Christian3/14W, 9-2Key WestBaseballColumbus3/14L, 4-0Coral ShoresBaseballRiviera Prep3/15L, 7-1Coral ShoresSoftballCarrollton3/15L, 11-1MarathonSoftballPace3/15W, 13-0Key WestBoys...
WILD THINGS: OF OWLS & MARRIAGE
One of the central tenets of my wife’s and my marriage is, we don’t tell each other what to do. It’s not a rule so much as...
ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: CHARLES ‘CHUCK’ JACOBSEN
Charles “Chuck” Jacobsen Senior, Coral Shores Lacrosse
Senior Charles Jacobsen, in his first season ever playing lacrosse, has been dominating faceoffs for the Hurricanes. He uses his strength and speed...
FUNCTIONALLY CAFFEINATED WELLNESS: SIMPLE TIPS FOR DEALING WITH STRESS
As my last article showed, acute and chronic stress isn’t just an inconvenience – it can create physiological and psychological warfare, with negative feedback loops affecting every...
SPRING FISHING CONDITIONS ARE JUST RIGHT FOR SAILFISH, TUNA & PERMIT
Spring has seemingly sprung here in the Keys, regardless of what that groundhog saw or didn’t see. It actually seemed to have done so a few weeks...
WILD THINGS: AN ODE TO ODES, THOUGH IT’S COMPLICATED
Sometimes it can feel as if you’re starting over again. For instance, I’ve never thought much about dragonflies, though I’ve always liked them and the hovering, near-linear...